A few years ago, during the quarantine phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was looking for something to watch. I could rewatch the golden era of The Simpsons for the 200th time, dive back into the exploits of the Bluth family on Arrested Development...
A few months ago, on one of my weekly trips to find treasures at local thrift stores, I stumbled upon a gold mine. A box set of every episode and TV movie of Columbo. If you aren’t familiar with the show, it features Peter Falk as the titular...
Photo by Tyler Anderson Growing up as a young lad in the 1980s, I loved The Friendly Giant. Every weekday, the familiar tune of Early One Morning signaled the start of another episode as the camera panned over a small town until a giant’s foot...
She excelled at so many sports one writer said that it was easier to summarize her athletic achievements by saying she wasn’t good at swimming. She led basketball, softball and hockey teams to championships. Trophies from tennis, the discus...
Canada has produced some of the best musicians in the 20th century. Joni Mitchell Neil Young Oscar Peterson But I could name more. Including one man who has been releasing material for the past forty years. He has won multiple Junos and performed...
Growing up, I never thought about advertising or marketing. Sure, some commercials caught my eye, but the ins and outs of what happened behind the scenes didn’t tickle my fancy. I was far more interested in history… and still am… which is why I’m so...
Waves crashed over the deck of the James Carruthers as the crew pushed its engines. Loaded with 375,000 bushels of wheat, they were trying to reach the safety of the coast. They had left Fort William and were traveling to Midland, Ontario when a...
One solitary figure struggled where the wide-open sky meets the horizon that seems to go on forever. He slowly pulled an unexpected structure leaving him drenched in sweat under the unrelenting Saskatchewan prairie sun. Each step brought him closer...
It seems like an unassuming home. Only 15 square metres, and most would call it a shack. But inside, it is a visual wonderland. A feast for the eyes. Visitors feel like they’ve entered a surreal world surrounded by beautiful art. For 30 years in...
John Herbert had a gift for the written word. As an 18-year-old in the 1940s, he put that talent to work in the advertising department at Eaton’s What his coworkers at the department store didn’t know was that Herbert liked to wear women’s clothing...